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Residual capacity and the political economy of pandemic response in GhanaOn the whole, poor countries in Africa and elsewhere seem to have weathered the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19) pandemic better than wealthier countries with superior healthcare systems. Using the Ghanaian case, this paper draws on newspaper...
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The state and the ‘legalization’ of illicit financial flowsMost research on illicit financial flows (IFFs) has focused on illicit outflows from developing countries and the role of non-state actors in generating IFFs. Less attention has been paid to processes and interfaces through which IFFs enter formal...
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Power, institutions, and state-building after warI examine whether and how the means through which a civil war ends affects the success of a country’s state-building strategy after conflict. I show that two distinct modes of conflict termination—military victories and negotiated settlements—lead to...
Research Brief
Pushing for policy innovationWorking Paper
Ideational and institutional drivers of social protection in TanzaniaIn the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government officially launched a countrywide social safety net programme, and a year later it announced the introduction of an old age pension. In...
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The politics of scaling up social protection in KenyaLiterature on social protection in Kenya shows progress in implementation of cash transfers but not the social health insurance scheme. With a dearth of explanation for this contrasting promotion of social protection, this paper examines the role of...
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The politics of promoting social protection in ZambiaThis paper examines the rise of the social protection agenda in Zambia, and demonstrates that this has two alternative drivers: shifting dynamics within Zambia’s political settlement and the promotional efforts of a transnational policy coalition. We...
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Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme is among the largest social protection programmes in Africa and has been promoted as a model for the continent. This paper analyses the political drivers of the programme, arguing that elite commitment can...
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Institutions and Asia’s developmentThe role of institutions in Asian development has been intensely contested since Myrdal’s Asian Drama, with later contributions from institutional economics and developmental state theory. Despite much progress, the dominant approaches do not agree...
Book Chapter
Distributional concerns, the ‘developmental state’ and the agrarian origins of social assistance in EthiopiaPart of Book The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Pushing for policy innovationPart of Book The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Book Chapter
The politics of promoting social cash transfers in ZambiaPart of Book The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
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